Fishing-reel.



I PATENTED DEC. 27, 1904. H. T. HOWARD.

FISHING REEL..

APPLICATION FILVEVD APB.. 13,1904.

@Hof/"m shaft E journaled in the plates A and A', onel Patented December2'7, 1904.

vPATENT OFFICE.

HORATIO T. HOWARD, OF HEBRON, INDIANA.

FISHING-REEL.

S1EGIIEIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,244, datedDecember 27, 1904.

' l i Application filed April 13, 1904. Serial No. 20,007.

To all Loh/cm it Wto/y concern.'

Be it known that I, HoEATIo T. HOWARD, a

citizen of the United States,.residingat He-y bron, in the county ofPorter and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fishing-Reels, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to fishing-reels, and

has for its objectthe provision of a reel inv reference to thevaccompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a side view of a reel involving my invention, partlybroken away to disclose the gearing; Fig. 2, a central verticalsectional view of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a central horizontal sectional viewof Fig. 1.

In the drawings ysimilar reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the'several views.

A and A represent' the two side plates of my reel, which are connectedby any desired number of tie-bars B and have a clip G secured thereto topermit the reel to be secured to the pole inthe ordinary manner usuallyemployed. v

D represents the spool, having a hollow end of said hollow shaft Ehaving a clutchface e, adapted to intermember with clutchface f ofclutch-sleeve F, secured to bar G, G, slidably mounted in hollow shaftE.

H represents a boxing secured to plate A by means of screws'or rivets L.

I represents an axle journaled in plate A and boxing H and havingsecured thereto a suitable crank-handle J for operating the reel and agear-wheel K keyed thereto inside'of the boxing H and meshing with agear-face L, integral with sleeve F.

M represents a boxing secured to plate A by means of screws or rivets m,having a slot N therein in which is slidably mounted abutton O, having ashank 0 extending inside of the boxing M and adapted to bear againstleaf-spring I), secured to plate A and having its free end restingagainst the end of bar G.

It will be understood from this description that when the `button Oisslid so that its shanko travels toward thefree end of spring ,I3 thespring is depressed and the bar G slid in shaft E so that theclutch-faces e and f do not intermember and the spool D is free torotate independently of the crank J. When the button O is slid in theopposite direction,

spring Q, secured to boxing H, pushes the bar G back again, so that theclutch-faces e andf'65 face, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a fishing-reel, side plates, a spool having a tubular shaft andjournaled in said side plates, a bar slidably mounted in said tubularshaft, a clutch-sleeve secured to said bar and having agear-faceintegral therewith, a gear-wheel keyed to a drive-shaft and meshing withsaid gear-face, a spring-tongue secured to one of said side plates andhaving its free end over said slidable bar, a button slidably mountedand adapted to depress said spring and slide said bar, and a leaf-springto return saidl bar to its normal position when the pressure ofy saidbuttonis removed, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

I-IORATIO T. HOW ARD.

Witnesses:

J oHN RYAN, FRANK LING.

